一个商业烟草和酒精使用干预措施的城市美洲原住民青年
Rose Wimbish-Tompkins1, John Lowe2, Melessa Kelley2
1The University of Texas at Arlington College of Nursing and Health Innovation.
Archives of psychiatric nursing
|July 21, 2024
概括
文化定制的城市谈话圈 (UTC) 干预措施有效地减少了城市美洲原住民青年的酒精和商业烟草使用. 标准的教育计划对这群人来说效果不那么好.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 预防药物滥用 预防滥用药物滥用
- 土著健康土著健康
背景情况:
- 美国原住民中酒精和烟草使用的西方化预防策略已经显示出有限的有效性和可持续性.
- 需要文化相关的干预措施来解决城市美洲原住民年轻人的物质使用问题.
研究的目的:
- 与标准教育 (SE) 计划相比,以文化为基础的城市谈话圈 (UTC) 干预措施的有效性进行检查,以防止酒精和商业烟草使用.
- 评估文化定制干预对城市美洲原住民青年物质使用行为的影响.
主要方法:
- 一个准实验性的设计,在佛罗里达州有100名城市美洲原住民青年参与.
- 参与者被随机分配到城市谈话圈 (UTC) 干预或标准教育 (SE) 计划中.
- 数据采用美国原住民青年酒精测量 (NAAMY) 和原住民依赖问卷收集,并通过多变量方差分析进行分析.
主要成果:
- 与标准教育计划相比,以文化为基础的城市谈话圈 (UTC) 干预措施在减少商业烟草和酒精使用方面表现出更大的有效性.
- 在UTC干预组中观察到酒精和商业烟草使用的显著减少.
结论:
- 文化定制的干预措施,如城市谈话圈 (UTC),有效地减少了城市美洲原住民青年的酒精和商业烟草使用.
- 这些发现强调了文化适应在土著人口的物质使用预防计划中的重要性.
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